B.C.'s CRAFT BEER GUIDE
Here’s what we’re going to be quenching our thirsts with this week… Yuzu Gose by Steamworks Brewing Co. 4.5% ABV • 10 IBU • 473 mL cans Spring has sprung with delightful, refreshing beers, and Steamworks Brewing’s new Yuzu Gose […]
It was another lovely beer-soaked weekend at the 24th annual Okanagan Fest of Ale on April 12 and 13 with a record 75 breweries and cideries participating in the event, pouring more than 225 craft beers and ciders. Somehow I […]
Here’s what we’ll be sculling, chugging and slamming this week… Castles in the Sand Pineapple and Pink Peppercorn Saison by Vancouver Island Brewing (collab with Mount Arrowsmith Brewing) 6.7% ABV • 473 mL cans Vancouver Island Brewing and Mount Arrowsmith […]
As the son of an Australian and a former Australian passport holder myself, I feel it is time to set the record straight regarding some oft-repeated stereotypes of our antipodean cousins. No one drinks Fosters; not all the men are […]
Here’s what we’re killing the pain with this week… Mad Bruin by Driftwood Brewing 7.7% ABV • 650 mL bottles The latest release in Driftwood’s Bird of Prey series is Mad Bruin Sour Brown Ale. Last brewed in 2012, Driftwood […]
It’s easy to get stuck in the Vancouver bubble. The city has everything you need, usually within walking distance, so why bother venturing further afield? World-class restaurants? Check! Killer coffee? Cheque! The best dang bunch of craft breweries just about […]
When the British beer writer Michael Jackson first began writing about Belgian beer culture in the 1970s, he found very few examples of saisons in existence. By the early 1990s he even described the style as “endangered.” But he loved […]
Here’s what we’re going to be tickling our tastebuds with this week… Murder City by Dageraad Brewing 4.2% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Dageraad teamed up with their East Coast buddies 2 Crows Brewing in Halifax to create this […]
As you may or may not have noticed, there is a serious lack of real hand-pulled cask ales here in so-called British Columbia. While some people dismiss the traditional UK pub-style ale as being “undercarbonated” or “not cold enough” or […]
Here’s a look at what we’ll be crushing this weekend… Mañana by Superflux Brewing 6.5% ABV • 473 mL cans Superflux’s latest beer is a… wait for it… hazy IPA! I’m sure you’re as shocked as I am. Mañana is […]